 William
R. Newman
Newman is the general editor of The
Chymistry of Isaac Newton, an integrated project that combines new
research on Newton's chymistry with an online edition of his
manuscripts in both diplomatic and normalized texts.
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William
R. Newman received his Ph.D. in History of Science
from Harvard University in 1986. He has been awarded fellowships,
grants,
and prizes from a wide variety of foundations, such as the
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Institute for
Advanced Study, the
Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology,
and the National Science Foundation. Presently, his main research
interests focus on early modern “chymistry” and
late medieval “alchemy,” especially as exemplified
by Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle, Daniel Sennert, and the first
famous American scientist, George Starkey. Much of his research
has focused on the relationship of science, art, and nature
in the premodern world. A major part of his research has also
centered on the history of matter-theory, especially corpuscularism
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atomism,
and on the history of early chemical technology. He has taught
courses on these subjects in the Department of History and
Philosophy of Science, as well as courses on early science
and its relationship to natural philosophy more broadly. Professor
Newman's many publications include Atoms and
Alchemy: Chymistry and the Experimental Origins of the Scientific
Revolution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006); Promethean
Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 2004); George Starkey, Alchemical
Labortory Notebooks and Correspondence (with L. M. Principe) (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 2004); Alchemy Tried in the
Fire: Starkey, Boyle, and the Fate of Helmontian Chymistry (with
Lawrence M. Principe) (Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
2002); Gehennical Fire: The Lives of George Starkey, An
American Alchemist in the Scientific Revolution (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 2003, originally published by
Harvard University Press); and The Summa perfectionis of pseudo-
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